Assessment of 105 Patients with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-Inhibitor Induced Angioedema

Table 1

Basic data.

Parameter
Patients,	105
Male : female	38 : 67
Caucasians	104 (99%)
Age, mean, years	63 [range 26–86] (SD 12.42)
Referred > 1 due to recurrent angioedema, (%)	10 (9.5%)
Referring medical specialty
(i) General practitioner	47
(ii) Internal medicine	28
(iii) Emergency department	11
(iv) Otorhinolaryngology	10
(v) Referred from 2 specialties	6
(vi) Dermatology	1
(vii) Allergy centre	1
(viii) Unknown	1
Follow-up, patient-months (mean)	700 (6.7)
History of drug rash
No	72.3%
Yes	27.6%
History of allergic disease
No	76.1%
Yes	22.0%
Unknown	1.9%
Smoking
No	38.0%
Yes	24.8%
Unknown	37.1%
Family history of angioedema
No	75.2%
Yes	6.7%
Unknown	18.0%
Number of angioedema episodes prior to referral
1	20.0%
2	7.6%
3–5	17.1%
6–10	9.5%
11–20	4.8%
21–50	1.9%
>50	8.6%
Unknown	30.5%